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Pyrenees-Orientales

5 canyons.

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  Anelles

  A gneiss gorge above Ceret with three ways to run the crux drop: a straight 27 meter rappel, a shorter rappel plus jump, or a full 27 meter leap that RopeWiki's own trip notes describe with visible hesitation. Water runs year round, thin in summer and higher through spring snowmelt.

  Ceret, Pyrenees-Orientales Unknown flood
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  Cady (Lower)

  Nearly two miles and 200 meters of descent through granite in the Pyrenees-Orientales, a long day at five to seven hours car to car.

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  Llech

  One mandatory rappel and otherwise nonstop jumps and slides, aquapark style, in a gneiss gorge below Canigou. Trip notes warn one slide holds a rough recirculating pocket, so scout the landing before you commit.

  Prades, Pyrenees-Orientales Unknown flood
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  Saint-Vincent

  Three kilometers and 800 meters of descent below Vernet-les-Bains, five to seven hours in the canyon plus another two and a half to three hours just to reach the start. The crux, known locally as the Forat del Mort (Hole of the Dead), is two rappels off an inclined slab into a roughly 45 meter drop.

  Vernet-les-Bains, Pyrenees-Orientales Unknown flood
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  Taurinya

  RopeWiki's own infobox calls this one granite and lists permits as required; the page text corrects both, insisting it's gneiss and that no permit is needed. Either way: 1000 meters and 260 meters of drop below Canigou over five to six hours, capped by a 35 meter rappel.

  Taurinya, Pyrenees-Orientales Unknown flood